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ChadFrance's president condemns charity workers caught trying to take 100 children out of the Chad-Darfur region.
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LibyaInternational mediators attempt to save Darfur peace talks in Libya that key rebel groups have boycotted.
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AfghanistanAt least three people are killed after a suicide bomber blows himself up near an Afghan police convoy.
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PakistanPakistani security forces and militants in the Swat Valley begin an unofficial ceasefire after days of fierce fighting.
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IndiaSecurity forces in Indian-administered Kashmir are told to move out of schools and hospitals.
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United StatesBritain's first Muslim minister, Shahid Malik, says he is "deeply disappointed" after being detained by airport officials in America.
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ColombiaA leftist rival of Colombia's President Uribe is elected Bogota mayor as local polls pass off largely peacefully.
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NepalNepal's interim parliament is due to hold a debate on a call for the abolition of the country's monarchy.
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RussiaRussian killer Alexander Pichushkin is jailed for life for 48 murders which he noted on a chessboard.
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Somalia, 
JapanPirates hijack a ship off the coast of Somalia, in the latest of a series of similar incidents in the area.
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France, United StatesFrench President Nicolas Sarkozy abruptly ends an interview with US TV when asked about his divorce.
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IsraelIsraeli PM Ehud Olmert is to have surgery for prostate cancer, but he insists he will remain in office.
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JapanA Japanese ex-minister says he regrets "inappropriate" links with a defence official, but denies preferential deals.
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Saudi Arabia, United KingdomSaudi Arabia's King Abdullah accuses Britain of doing too little to fight international terrorism.
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ChinaAng Lee's film Lust, Caution leads the nominations for the Chinese language Golden Horse Awards.
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IsraelThree Palestinians and an Israeli are killed as Israeli troops raid Gaza, sparking clashes with local gunmen.
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India, United StatesIndia's Sensex passes 20,000 points for the first time amid optimism about the economy and a US interest rate cut.
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Iraq, 
TurkeyOil rises to fresh highs due to a mix of the weak dollar, supply fears in Mexico and tensions in northern Iraq.
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AustraliaKevin Rudd, the main rival to PM John Howard in Australia's polls, announces a plan to save the Great Barrier Reef.
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IndiaThe Indian government says it will set up a panel on land reform to meet the demands of landless farmers.
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South Africa, PakistanPakistan collapse dramatically to hand South Africa a 14-run victory and 3-2 triumph in their one-day series.
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JapanA Japanese cabinet minister says he knows of an al-Qaeda member who entered the country on fake passports.
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France, ChadA Chadian minister says six French aid workers are likely to go to jail after trying to fly 100 children out of Chad.
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SomaliaSomali Prime Minister Mohamed Ali Ghedi resigns after a long-running feud with President Abdullahi Yusuf.
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New ZealandNew Zealand scientists say they may have found a cure to a disease threatening many of the world's frog species.
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AzerbaijanAzerbaijan's government says it has foiled a plot to carry out a terror attack against local and foreign officials.
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RussiaRussia reports a radiation leak at a nuclear plant in the Urals, but says that nobody was hurt.
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EgyptPresident Hosni Mubarak says Egypt will build a number of nuclear power stations to generate electricity.
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PolandA major in the Russian army is sentenced to seven years in prison for selling military secrets to Poland.
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NigeriaAt least 30 people are killed in Nigeria when a road tanker overturns and fire spreads to nearby cars and buses.
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IraqMembers of a group of tribal Iraqi leaders kidnapped in Baghdad have been rescued, a spokesman says.
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United KingdomFifa drops its World Cup rotation policy, opening the way for an England bid for the 2018 tournament.
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United StatesMore than one million back comic Stephen Colbert's fake candidacy for US president on Facebook.
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UruguayUruguay becomes the first country to place an order for the low-cost children's laptops.
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IraqControl of the Shia province of Karbala is passed to the Iraqis, as 27 die in a suicide bombing in Baquba.
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Saudi Arabia, United KingdomA UK minister says Britain and Saudi Arabia are working to tackle terrorism, despite criticism from King Abdullah.
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IsraelIsraeli fuel sanctions punish Gaza's entire population and are unacceptable, the UN chief says.
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United StatesThe US dollar falls to another record low against the euro as investors bet on an US interest rate cut this week.
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Iraq, United StatesA US brigadier general is injured in a roadside bomb in northern Baghdad, the US military has announced.
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